The pool for those rewards used to be the same size as the pool for author rewards, but its been reduced by about 80%. First the 50:50 ratio was changed to 75:25, then the reverse auction system was implemented (the 30 min penalty)... right now, if i were guessing, id say the ratio is something like 90:10 or 95:5 in favor of authors.

That gets into a whole new conversation. I think we'll save that for another day :)

It's been fun discussing with you!